The Story of a New Name, Elena Ferrante
The Story of a New Name, Elena Ferrante
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The Story of a New Name

Author: Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein

Narrator: Hillary Huber

Unabridged: 19 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/05/2015

Synopsis

The follow-up to My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name continues the epic New York Times bestselling literary quartet that has inspired an HBO series, and returns us to the world of Lila and Elena, who grew up together in post-WWII Naples, Italy.In The Story of a New Name, Lila has recently married and made her entrée into the family business; Elena, meanwhile, continues her studies and her exploration of the world beyond the neighborhood that she so often finds stifling. Marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila, and the pressure to excel is at times too much for Elena. Yet the two young women share a complex and evolving bond that is central to their emotional lives and a source of strength in the face of life’s challenges.In these Neapolitan Novels, Elena Ferrante, “one of the great novelists of our time” (New York Times), gives us a poignant and universal story about friendship and belonging, a meditation on love and jealousy, freedom and commitment—at once a masterfully plotted page-turner and an intense, generous-hearted family saga.

About Elena Ferrante

Elena Ferrante, author of The Days of Abandonment, Troubling Love, and My Brilliant Friend, among others, is one of Italy’s most important and acclaimed contemporary writers. She was named one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2016 by Time.

About Hillary Huber

Hillary Huber is a multiple Audie Award finalist, an Earphones Award winner, and an AudioFile Best Voice. She has recorded over six hundred titles spanning many genres and holds a bachelor's degree in English literature. A voracious reader and listener, she was raised in Connecticut and Hawaii but now splits her time between California and New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Francesca

I finished Elena Ferrante's second volume a few hours ago and I'm overwhelmed by her power. She writes with her fingers stuck inside a electric plug. She drills and drills all the way through the tiniest sensation, till she reaches raw matter. The story of the New Name is even more entrancing than M......more

Goodreads review by Violet

Elena Ferrante is an absolute marvel. This was utterly ravishing. How does she do it? Structurally her novels could hardly be more conservative, her subject matter – the fraught friendship of two women – has been done to death. And yet you’re constantly left with the feeling that no one has ever don......more

Goodreads review by Nayra.Hassan

دنيانا ستظل دوما هكذا فيها من كل حاجة اتنين ابرياء و مذنبين..جبناء و جسورين..مشترين و بائعين و عندما يتم بيعك ليلة انتصارك و تكتشفى انك لا تساوين اكتر من حذاء يدوى قديم اذن لقد تم ذبحك و لتحدثينا بعدها عن اسطورة الانقاذ عن اكذوبة الجمال عن خديعة الاستمرار عن اتقاء الحقائق بتصنع الاكاذيب انها المراهقة......more

Goodreads review by Kelly

What's your ugly place? We all have one. We all have a place we quite deliberately do not go to. That we are aware is there, but have developed systems and defensive walls and jokes and denials in order to keep it out of the light of day. It's the place you can't help but end up sometimes when someth......more

Quotes

“Ferrante’s gift for recreating real life stems as much from the quiet, unhurried rhythm of her writing as from the people and events she describes.” New York Times

“Imagine an angry Jane Austen, and you’ll get a sense of what it’s like to plunge into Ferrante’s ongoing tale about Lila and Elena, two Neapolitan women in the 1960s who marry, fall in love, and slowly suffocate from the pressure of it all.” Boston Globe

“Ferrante’s writing is captivating and insightful.” Booklist (starred review)

“Ferrante masterfully combines Elena’s recollections of events with Lila’s point of view…The women’s fraught relationship and shifting fortunes are the life forces of this poignant book.” Publishers Weekly

“A beautifully written portrait of a sometimes difficult friendship.” Kirkus Reviews

“I am utterly caught up by the furious narrative energy and the constantly shifting currents of power and desire between the narrator, Elena, and her brilliant, unpredictable, sometimes vicious best friend, Lila, whose actions seem to keep undermining Elena’s command of the story, even though she’s the one telling.” Jennifer Schuessler, culture reporter, New York Times Book Review

Awards

  • New York Times Pick
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